 Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th  Selections from Cowper's Poems - Page 24by William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 234 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...submarine exploits, And Katerfelto, with his hair on-end At his own wonders, wond'ring for his bread. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To...distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th' uninjur'd ear» Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanc'd... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - Calcutta - 1908 - 522 pages
...with the crowd." CHAPTER VII PHILIP FRANCIS AND HIS TIMES 5.— HOME AND SOCIAL LIFE, 1774-1780 (I) " 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world." UNDER this heading it is proposed to say something about the general routine of life in Calcutta during... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Country life - 1909 - 292 pages
...but the buyers ask no questions. The bearers with their embroidered caps are so picturesque ! 'T is pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir [ I04] Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates... | |
 | Alfred Austin - Poetry - 1910 - 276 pages
...not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Farther on, he describes how — 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. Thus sitting, and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced To some secure... | |
 | 1910 - 322 pages
...: — (i.) In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm (ii.) 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To...the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd. (iii.) And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. (iv.) Where they do agree on the... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1910 - 684 pages
...only ken, To whom the heart is seen, That nane can be sae dear to me As my sweet lovely Jean ! (4) 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to Bee the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...here? Health, leisure, means t' improve it, friendship, peace. 4294 Cowper: Task. Bk. iii. Line 687. 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To...the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. 4295 Cowper : Task. Bk. iv. Line 88. Hackney'd in business, wearied at that oar, Which thousands, once... | |
 | Thomas James Walker - France - 1913 - 426 pages
...battles of Buonaparte. What a tale is told by those holes cut by the prisoners in the outer walls ! Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world. Poor fellows, the peep they got through the holes they cut was their only share for years of the world... | |
 | Gustav Tietje - Personification in literature - 1914 - 160 pages
...God! Jehova shall help her. S. 326 II v. 5. cf. S. 999 Fr. 13. ß. Eigennamen. Cowper. 1. Babel, fern. to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the...she sends through all her gates At a safe distance. S. 184 v. 89. Babylon, fern. But made long since, like Babylon of old, — And she, once mistress of... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1916 - 802 pages
...premeditation." How far have we here a correct characterisation of Cowper's epistolary art ? Or, " 'Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat To peep at such a world." Show by appropriate references to his letters how Cowper looks at the busy world through the loopholes... | |
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